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Hey, This used to be my introduction thread, now converted to my build thread.
Quick background, got the car used with 65k km (40k miles). Previous owner left me some unpleasant surprises and some body damage, so I am fixing this baby up and making it my own.
Current Look:
Finished Mods:
- Window Tints
- Windshield Replacement
- Z1 Rotors
- DIY Midnight Grille
- 20"x8.5" Inforged IFG2 wheels with 255/35/20 Yokohama Advan Sport
- 18x9.5+28 reps till I figure out what I want with 255/45/18 Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+
- Lowered on Swift Springs
- Full interior light LED upgrade + License Plate
- Grounding kit - including throttle bodies
- Blue>black gradient engine cover paint
- Diode Dynamics Tail as Turn DIY Module
- White LED reverse lights
- Cusco Strut Bar Type OS
- Engine Bay dress-up - new bolts with black washers
- Aluminium volume *****
- MT style shifter ****
- White XB LED fog lights to match the headlights
- OSRAM CBI headlight bulbs
- Morimoto switchback front turn signal bulbs - K&N cold air intake
- Z1 Motorsports Cold Air Intake
- Top Speed Pro 1 Performance Y-Back Exhaust
- Debadged
- Blacktop Aero roof spoiler
- Eibach Rear camber kit
- Custom Splitter by Newtype
- Rewrapping steering wheel
- Whiteline endlinks
- Carbon Fiber Trunk Lid Spoiler
- DashCam
- Hotchkis Sway Bars
- 14" Candy Blue Akebono BBK upgrade
- Motordyne M370 Intake Manifold
- Mishimoto baffled oil catch can
- UpRev Tune
- Aluminum Under Tray
- Painted Headlights + Switchback Halos
- Sport Bumper upgrade with custom grilles
- Fast Intentions RHFC (ordered)
- Megan Racing Y-Pipe (ordered)
Thanks
I keep telling myself to stop spending money, but next thing I do is go buy something else...... Its a disease.
Im doing as much as I can myself, but I live in a condo... so not allowed to work in the garage, have to do stuff on the weekends at the cottage, and now its too cold to do anything, QQ
Ive had my eyes on the sways for a while lol. Was hoping there would be a good deal during black friday/cyber Monday from Canadian retailers... no such luck. Next paycheque is going towards paying off all the crap I bought + gifts, so probably in another 2 weeks or a month. I would prefer to install the sways myself, but I'd have to rent a shop space for that, so things have to really fall into place schedule wise. Im also looking to add a front lip, but first I have to sand/paint/buff my bumper. The one thing the previous owner left me was a nasty deep scrape (probably scraped a wall) on the front drivers side bumper. Props to the used car dealer that skillfully layered 10 coats of wax over the scrape to cover it up, truly a professional scumbag.
Im going to install my tail as turn module today, and my new LED fogs and reverse lights should arrive soon.
As for better shots with the car lowered, I took a few already, posted them in the showoff thread, but now I can post the good ones here .
(I would go and take some photos today, but its a ****ty rainy day, and I just washed the car yesterday, no way its seeing daylight today haha)
Swifts really are the perfect, cost-effective drop for the AWD Sedan.
And those wheels are great, fitment looks fantastic. They'll look even better after you upgrade to a BBK, since the rim design shows off the brakes so clearly. I wouldn't have painted them red like that, but nothing is forever, and it's likely a better look than before you painted them.
Swifts really are the perfect, cost-effective drop for the AWD Sedan.
And those wheels are great, fitment looks fantastic. They'll look even better after you upgrade to a BBK, since the rim design shows off the brakes so clearly. I wouldn't have painted them red like that, but nothing is forever, and it's likely a better look than before you painted them.
I had the same guy that put my new rotors and pads in wire brush the rust off the callipers and paint them. The high temp pain he had was red, blue, and orange lol.... It was more of a rust proofing measure than cosmetic.
Right now, winter wheels are about to go back on, so doesnt matter too much.
Also, the rear wheels, you can see the red springs quite clearly through the wheels, so it matches up with the red callipers quite nicely
EDIT:
Engine bay cover fully dried and cleaned up. Turned out beautifully. The blue to black fade came out just the way I wanted on both the battery/brake fluid covers and on the engine cover.
10-22-2015, 08:16 PM
